Investors advised to stick with MRP
Tis the season for savvy home buyers
Tourism, exports to give deficit respite
Gold Awards to showcase business successes
Smartphone app links to home line
Construction jobs on the decline in Christchurch
New EPL service offers big savings for fans
Fonterra to halt future landfarm collections
Christchurch construction jobs on the decline
Call for foreign ownership debate
Spotlight on Maori agribusiness
Kiwi's first baseball game goes wrong
Big chill brings new flooding risk
Sesame Street creates a Muppet whose dad is in jail
Early-season Man United, Chelsea match-up
Nurse 'lets slip Kimye baby name'
Spaghetti-eating driver in fatal crash
Hairy-leg stockings cause a storm
The most powerful thing you'll see today
Farming
Farmers fear winter
As the South Island struggles with flooding, NZ's worst drought-hit farms are only just getting back in the green.
Fonterra outlines case
The three-day hearing into Fonterra's $200 million plant expansion plans has started.
'Massive gains' by sheep farmers
New Zealand's sheep farmers should take a bow for outstanding improvement in productivity in the last 25 years.
Focus on Maori agribusiness
The Maori economy is arguably the sleeping giant of our rural economy, and it's in all our interests that we wake it up.
Farm worker awarded $40k
Dairy farm worker awarded over $40,000 after he was sacked for allegedly dehorning cattle without anaesthetic.
Yashili sold in $2b deal
Infant formula producer Yashili, which sources milk from NZ, is being taken over by China Mengniu Dairy.
Fonterra outlines case
The three-day hearing into Fonterra's $200 million plant expansion plans has started.
Dairy auction prices improve
Farm worker awarded $40k
Farming's new normal
Volatility and uncertainly is a problem for sheep and beef farmers, Beef+Lamb boss Mike Petersen says.
Closing the gap with chilled meat
AgResearch works to improve the quality of exported frozen meat in order to reduce cost and increase profitability for producers.
100 years of shorthorn cows
Cattle care beefs up profits
Runholder rails against TB testing
High country farmer doesn't want to test for TB because inconclusive results have led to animals being needlessly slaughtered.
Winter shearing has payoffs
Sheep might want their wool on their backs for the cold winter months, but farmers say they shear in winter to get heavier lambs and better wool.
Lessons from export glitch
Chinese officials are expected to come to New Zealand to iron out wrinkles after last month's hold-up of sheepmeat at Chinese docks.
Artery severed in shearing accident
Likely fall in lamb kill 'offers stability'
'Massive gains' by sheep farmers
New Zealand's sheep farmers should take a bow for outstanding improvement in productivity in the last 25 years.
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Harvest buoys wine industry
More than 250,000 tonnes of grapes were harvested in Marlborough this year, setting a record.
Bumper crop of feijoas
Top of the South feijoa growers are in the final throes of picking of what is set to be their biggest ever crop.
Bee immunity weakened
Psa-V plan in place
Feijoas year-round option
Picking feijoas is a family affair at the weekend for the Stones.
Farms selling for 20% more
The pace of farm sales has quickened in recent months, with farms selling at prices 20 per cent more than a year ago.
Opportunities must be chased
Business must better harvest free-trade opportunities if the aim of doubling overseas trade by 2025 is to be achieved.
China boon for farmers
Key pushing for Korea FTA
Focus on Maori agribusiness
The Maori economy is arguably the sleeping giant of our rural economy, and it's in all our interests that we wake it up.
Why so keen to predict the future?
The news is all good for the rural economy, according to economists' crystal balls. But we all know how that can change.
Sales patter and succession
It's that time of year when farmers flock to Mystery Creek, looking for the innovations and bargains.
A career choice with variety
Farming and technology
Farming not for the unskilled
I find it disappointing that Work and Income New Zealand persists in using the agriculture and horticulture sectors as a dumping ground for unskilled labour.









